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This Day in History, June 8
On June 8th, 1949, celebrities such as Danny Kaye and Helen Keller were named members of the Communist party during the ... Read More
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Iguanas bounce back in South Florida after February freeze wiped out thousands
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Michele Holtfreter planted fresh pentas in her yard this spring — only to find an iguana was tearing into her blossoms.
“After they started flowering, there was a big green iguana hanging ...Read more
This Day in History, June 7
On June 7th, 1099, the Siege of Jerusalem began.
Lake Mead is barreling faster than ever toward 'system crash,' top experts say
LAS VEGAS — The Colorado River Basin faces a complete “system crash,” with little chance that a wet winter will fully prevent a worst-case scenario, a leading group of experts says in a new academic paper.
That is, ...Read more
Colorado rancher acknowledges her employee shot wolf in March
DENVER — Fourth-generation Colorado rancher Susan Nottingham acknowledges that one of her employees was behind the killing of the matriarch of the new King Mountain wolf pack in March.
“One of my employees ended up ...Read more
Today's Word "hortatory"
hortatory \HOR-tuh-tor-ee\ (adjective) - Marked by strong urging; serving to encourage or incite; as, "a hortatory speech."
"Giles later gave up the position in the conviction that he could reach thousands with his ...Read more
Weather-ectomy
Six words have had their weather terms removed. The weather terms have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each weather term with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD).
Group A: cloud, hail, rain, sleet, storm, wind
Group...
Mixing Math and Poetry
What kind of poem am I?
(12 + 144 + 20 + (3 x (4^.5)))/7 + 5 x 11 = (9 ^2) + 0
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Farewell, my Smilodon: La Brea Tar Pits to close for 2 years
LOS ANGELES — The back rooms of the La Brea Tar Pits are, at the moment, a maze of packing crates tagged with handwritten sticky notes that say things like "bison skulls" or "camel hip."
Every bone, down to the last ...Read more
LA region begins the year with the smoggiest first 5 months in a decade
LOS ANGELES — The first five months of 2026 in Southern California have been the smoggiest — with the highest number of unhealtful air days — in more than a decade, according to statewide air monitoring.
So far this...Read more
A flesh-eating worm from the 1960s is re-invading the US. Are California cattle at risk?
LOS ANGELES — Federal agricultural inspectors detected a case of New World screwworm larvae — maggots that burrow into the flesh of living animals and sometimes humans — on a 3-week-old calf in south Texas, near the ...Read more
3D-printed bones? Science fiction comes to life at University of Miami's new lab
MIAMI — Inside the University of Miami’s newly opened 3D-bioprinting lab, the future of medicine looks a lot like science fiction. Think miniscule robotic devices that repair the body. Molecules designed to hunt down ...Read more
Today's Word "vituperate"
vituperate \vy-TOO-puh-rate, -TYOO-, vi-\ (verb) - To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
"The incensed priests...continued to raise their voices, ...Read more
Danger?
Parker was hiding under a table. He was frightened, and knew that his brothers were probably already dead. He heard a couple of blasts, then Parker knew he was okay. What happened?
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This Day in History, June 6
On June 6th, 1684, the Ashmoleon Museum opened as the first university museum.
Oil companies continue to show little interest in Arctic refuge drilling
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Oil companies on Friday once again showed little interest in the latest lease sale for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, but the results were enough to disappoint groups that have fought ...Read more
Federal Colorado River managers will impose a 10-year plan, requiring state negotiations every 2 years
DENVER — Lacking agreement from the seven Colorado River states, federal managers of the critical waterway are planning to implement a framework for its future that will require a renegotiation every two years as the ...Read more
Space Station astronauts take shelter as cracks on Russian portion get worse, NASA says
Astronauts are sheltering on board a docked SpaceX Crew Dragon as cracks in need of repair got worse on the International Space Station on Friday, according to NASA.
Russian space agency Roscosmos has opted to try to ...Read more
Floods keep shutting down roads on edge of KC. City, county say not their problem
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On a rainy day around Kansas City, most people reach for an umbrella. But those who live and work in an unincorporated area of Jackson County that some call Dogpatch brace themselves for much worse.
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Building more renewable energy sources means rethinking land use for agriculture and conservation
The state of New York could meet its goal of building 46 gigawatts of large-scale solar by midcentury, but not without making difficult choices in how land is used across the state.
That’s the overall finding ...Read more
Commentary: US lead in science is shrinking fast as China, India and even Iran catch up
A country with one of the fastest-rising scientific profiles operates under sweeping international sanctions, has limited access to Western research infrastructure and is rarely mentioned in American conversations about ...Read more
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- Commentary: US lead in science is shrinking fast as China, India and even Iran catch up
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